Ho Xuan,
granddaughter of the famed poet Ho Xuan Huong, is living in her predecessor's
shadow.When Governor Tien of Hai Phong
proclaims that whosoever can impress his daughter My Duong, a fervent fan of Ho
Xuan Huong, through his writing talents will win her hand in marriage, Xuan's
shop becomes flooded with scholars.

Amongst My
Duong's ambitious suitors, three distinguishable men seek Xuan's attention: an
opportunistic monk, the princely illegitimate son of Governor Tien, and a composed
fellow who looks like a scholar in every sense of the word (a true nerd, if
nothing else).Beyond their
differentiate motives for invading Xuan's shop, all three men are somehow
connected to an old murder case in Nam Ha.

Never
did Xuan realize Governor Tien's one proclamation would come to change her life
and force her out from behind the shadows and into the center of an old
conflict.In the process, Xuan comes to
understand her predecessor, herself and the meaning of devotion.

Pick
your path in this "otome-style/reverse-harem" novel to find
happiness.In this volume, Huy's routes
are available with CGIs included.

Thursday, January 28, 2016

I'm working on the last pieces of the new Poetess Xuan series; Huy's route will go out first. This ebook will mimic the style of an otome ie, choose different paths throughout the story, CGIs at certain scenes and all good endings, and separated dialogue texts from scene descriptions. I'm doing a final round of edit as well as adding in one last CG just because I want to show off my drawing skills (however unskilled my skills may be).

As mentioned in a previous post, this "otome" style ebook will be set in Viet Nam, circa 1845 (give or take a decade). The MC is Ho (last name meaning "Lake") Xuan (first name meaning "Spring"), the granddaughter of the famed poet Ho Xuan Huong.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

I've been finding ways to make extra cash online for a little less than a year now. I mean, free money, who doesn't want it, right? ISBNs aren't cheap and I need money for marketing campaigns. Speaking of which, I may be looking to give out a few free ebooks in exchange for a legit review for my new upcoming "otome-style" novel (if anyone's interested, let me know).

I will outline three of the ways I've made money so far. Not a lot, but hey, more than I had before.

First off, let me say that yes for the survey websites and such, they are safe in my opinion but they do direct you to other websites. How safe those are... who knows. That's why I use an old tablet that doesn't have anything personal on it and I don't mind losing all the data if I have to reset the darn thing to the manufacturer's setting.

Second, it can be tedious and hair-pulling (ly?) annoying. That means if you don't have patience, probably not a good way to earn cash because you might be inclined to destroy your mobile device; especially for surveys that wait until the very end, after you've answered all their questions, to collect demographic info just to kick you off the survey and not pay you.

Lastly... they may not be available everywhere. You'd have to check their policies.

Here's what I've used:

Swagbucks.
These guys/gals have been around for a while and I've redeemed $25 in giftcards last year (I started late). I especially love some of the offers they have. The most recent one I used was to buy a pair of glasses from Adlens for $36.99 and Swagbucks credit my account back for $50! Another recent offer was to sign up to Spotify for three months for $0.99 and Swag gave back $5.00. This was a subscription; I canceled after getting my bucks because I didn't want to get hit with the renewal fee but some folks liked it enough to keep it. Offers can vary. Check their fine print.

Aside from surveys, deals, searches, sweepstakes, etc... I like the cash back for shopping online. That doesn't mean spend a boatload of money to get pennies back but it does mean if I need to buy something anyway, why not get cash back?

Cash Crate
This one pays straight up money and is mostly earned from surveys. They have some good offers, not many, and I tend to stick to surveys. They'll either send a check to your house or through paypal. You need at least $20 before they pay out and it's once a month. Meaning if in January you made $20, you'll get your check in February. I received two paychecks from them so far which were cashed successfully so I'll say they are legit. Their helpdesk does respond if you run into a problem too, which is great.
Here's the link: http://www.cashcrate.com/

Bing Rewards
This one is basic. Log into Bing daily, search to earn points through your computer and mobile phone. Trade points in for gift cards, sweepstakes or donate to a charity. They used to let most accounts earn 25+ points per day but recently, it could vary to as low as 15 for new accounts. I've averaged about $5/month; that's an extra $60 a year in gift card. Not bad at all.

Here's the link: https://www.bing.com/rewards/dashboard
*Points are earned on computer and mobile device (meaning to get a full day's point, you'll have to download their app) and a legit cell number is required. I tried VoIP and it did not work.